FIRE

Name: FIRE at Central Sand and Gravel Company
Start: 09/11/2001

220012640017 · 09/11/2001 · Central Sand and Gravel Company

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: FIRE
Accident type: Contact with hot objects or substances
Occupation: Mine manager, Mine foreman, Mine owner
Activity: Welding or cutting
Injury source: FLAME,FIRE,SMOKE,NEC
Nature of injury: BURN OR SCALD (HEAT)
Body part: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 6 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Ash Grove Cement Company
Operator: Central Sand and Gravel Company
Mine: 2500686

Narrative

THE EMPLOYEE WAS USING A GAS TORCH TO REMOVE A BAD BEARING ON A SHAKER, WHEN CUTTING THROUGH THE INNER RACE OF THE BEARING, THE MULTI-PURPOSEGREASE IGNITED BEHIND THE BEARING IN A TUBE THAT IT HAD PURGED THROUGH. THIS CAUSED A FLASH FIRE RESULTING IN THE BURNS TO THE EMPLOYEE. THE EMPLOYEE DID NOT MISS ANY WORK AND IS CONTINUING HISDUTIES AS PIT FOREMAN. HE'S SOME WHAT RESTRICTED

Source

Authoritative: MSHA Open Government Data
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown